TIFFANY STUDIOS

Lot 406
10.06.2022 14:00UTC -05:00
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ID 773246
Lot 406 | TIFFANY STUDIOS
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 800 000
TIFFANY STUDIOS
Important and Rare 'Hanging Head Dragonfly' Chandelier, circa 1905
with original hanging fixture
leaded glass, patinated bronze
10 1⁄2 in. (26.7 cm) high, 28 in. (71.1 cm) diameter, 60 in. (152.4 cm) drop
shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK
with custom Garden Museum Collection case




Provenance

By repute, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Laurelton Hall, Long Island, Parke-Bernet, New York, 24-28 September 1946
Sal Migliaccio, New York
The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan, circa 1990s
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012



Literature

T. Horiuchi, A Selection of 300 Works from Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum, Japan, 2001, pp. 84-85, no. 97 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, p. 330 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, p. 255, no. 1003



Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, The Renwick Gallery, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, September 1989 - March 1990, p. 107, no. 41 (present lot illustrated)
This exhibit traveled to New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, April - September 1990
Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo National Museum, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, January - March 1991, no. 21 (present lot illustrated)
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